Stock

a) SPECIALTIES

• Endangered mountain wilderness (Apennines, Italy; Tatras, Slovakia)
• Wild European brown bears and wolves in mountain habitat
• Endangered Chamois subspecies (Apennine, Tatra chamois)
• Urban wildlife (Wild boar, fox, Peregrine falcon, etc.) in Berlin, Germany.
• Endemic and endangered Reptiles and Amphibians of Europe.
• Small mammals: European mice, voles and shrews in their habitat.
• Endangered wildlife and unknown landscapes of Morocco.
• Wild coffee and biodiversity in the afromontane rainforest of Ethiopia.

b) STORIES

 

• Wild treasures of Abruzzo: a vast collection of images showing the beautiful and  fragile biodiversity of the rugged Apennines range of Central Italy through the four  seasons of the year.
• Tichà: a portrait of a valley in the Western Tatras of Slovakia - a last alpine wilderness in Europe. High mountains, pristine forests, home for brown bears, wolves, deer,  chamois, eagles and many other species.
• Wild Berlin: the unbelievable diversity of wildlife thriving in Europe’s hypest city and the innovative management measures taken to protect it.
• Domenico, the summer of a mountain shepherd: a unique reportage, covering the life of the very last mountain shepherd in the Apennines, who spends 3 months each year leading his herd above the timberline, living in a cave and making cheese in the traditional way.
• Th e Biebrza, Poland: landscapes and wildlife along Europe’s last
  free river.
• Fog and ice: migrating and wintering birds in Northeast Germany during the hardest season.
• Th e little albatrosses of the Mediterranean: biology and conservation of the Cory’s shearwater on the islands between Europe and Africa.
• Sahara for beginners: once in a lifetime journey through the remote wilderness of the Moroccan Sahara with a special eye to its wildlife.
• Morocco, a kingdom for nature: all the wildlife highlights of this stunning and incredibly diverse country, including the most endangered species, habitats and the threats.
• Kaffa, the birthplace of coff ee and the endangered biodiversity of the last afromontane rainforest of Ethiopia.
• Wolves and men: coexistence and conflict in Italy after 30 years of wolf protection

c) LOCATIONS

 

• Italy: Abruzzo (Apennine mountains, vast and complete coverage of the National  Parks and nature reserves); Lazio (Rome, the Thyrrenian coast and Mediterranean shrubland); Piemonte; Val d’Aosta; Tuscany; Puglia; Basilicata (Matera – Unesco  World Heritage site); Sicily (mainland and Linosa island) and Sardinia.
• Slovakia: Tatra range (Western, High and Beliansky) and the Liptov valley including aerials.
• Georgia: Th e Greater Caucasus, Borjomi-Kharagauli NP
• Poland: Biebrza river and marshes; Bialowieza forest; Tatra mountains
• Germany: Berlin, urban and nature preserves – including aerials; Brandenburg (Countryside, wetlands, forests); Mecklenburg Vorpommern (Rügen island, Baltic sea); Niedersachsen (Elbe); Sachsen (Sächsische Schweiz).
• Morocco: desertic and semidesertic regions of the South along the border with Algeria; the Atlantic coast; the Atlas mountains and cedar forests.
• Ethiopia: Afromontane rainforest of the region of Kaffa; Wild coffee forest; Bamboo forest.

 

d) SPECIES

 

1. MAMMALS Specialties

• European Brown bear: unique images taken in the wild, with spectacular backdrops, both in Italy and in Slovakia; behaviour, interaction mother/cubs.
• European Wolf : unique images taken in the wild; wolf kills and tracks. Wolves in captivity: behaviour and in the snow.
• European Lynx: nice images in captivity with snow, fog and wild atmosphere.
• Red fox: vast collection of images featuring diff erent behaviours, situations, habitats. Especially unique images of urban foxes in Berlin (vixen with cubs in Berlin’s backyards, buildings) and mouse hunting sequences in the snow.
• Wild cat
• Pine marten
• Barbary ape: unique behavioural interactions, portraits, habitat
  shots of endangered species and only primate in Western Paleartic
• Black & white/Guereza colobus
• Blue monkey
• Red deer: rut and spring behaviour in truly wild situations (eg. Mountain wilderness)
• Apennine chamois: possibly the most complete collection of images of this endangered subspecies available
• Tatra chamois: unique images in snow and mountain habitat of this highly endangered subspecies
• Wild boar: unique/funny images in urban settings/situations, water crossing, behaviour.
• Hippopotamus: close-ups at eye level
• European beaver
• Red squirrel: collection of diverse images and situations (also interaction with humans, in snow, fall colors, etc.)
• Small mammals: unique images of Europe’s most elusive and unknown species (Hazelmouse, Wood mouse, Yellow-breasted wood mouse, Red vole, shrews.)
• Hedgehog
• Bats: images in of several individuals/clusters in urban wintering grounds, marking, DNA sampling, etc.

 

2. BIRDS Specialties

 

• Waldrapp/Bald ibis: both wild and captive individuals (Western Paleartic most  endangered bird!)
• Grey heron: fishing
• White stork
• Long-tailed duck and other marine duck species
• Wild European geese species: feeling/taking off flight also against coloured sky of several thousands individuale of three European species
• Griff on vulture: in flight, feeding on fox carcass, fighting with eagle, ravens.
• Golden eagle: in flight, feeding on fox carcass, fighting with vultures.
• Black kite
• Northern goshawk: also in urban settings/falconry exploitation
• Peregrine falcon: also in urban settings (Berlin)
• European crane: taking off flight against coloured sky of several thousands individuals
• Black crowned crane
• Hazelgrouse: also on the nest
• Rock partridge: very intense images of this seldom photographed and severely threatened mountain bird.
• Bee eater
• Common swift
• Hawk owl
• Long-eared owl
• Little owl
• Pigmy owl: vast array of images of the World smallest owl
• Wallcreeper: good images of this seldom photographed bird
• Dipper
• Raven
• Chough
• Starling (including the spectacular swarming behaviour of thousands birds at roosting site in Rome)
• Penduline tit: nest and nest building
• House sparrow
• White-winged snowfinch
• Tits, finches, warblers, buntings and other passerines

3. REPTILES Specialties

 

 

• Ursini’s Meadow viper: endangered mountain species
• Asp viper
• Four-lined snake
• Grass snake
• Helmethead gecko
• African chamaeleo
• Hermann’s tortoise
• Marginated tortoise

 

4. AMPHIBIANS

 

• Fire salamander
• Spectacled salamander: Italian endemic genus
• Italian cave salamander: two endangered species of genus
  Speleomantes
• Spadefoot toad: very good images of this rare species
• Mauretanian toad
• Fire- and Red-bellied toad

 

5. PLANTS AND HABITATS Specialties

 

• Wild coffee (Ethiopia), including World oldest coffee plant.
• African Bamboo and forest (Ethiopia)
• Beech tree and forest (Italy), including Europe’s oldest beech
  forest.
• Arolla pine and forest (Slovakia)
• Alpine and mediterranean mountain meadows
• Mountain cliffs vegetation
• Mountain rare and endemic (Apennines, Tatras) flowers
• Mediterranean wild orchids (Macro and wide-angle pictures)

6. MAN & NATURE Specialties

 

• Urban wildlife in Berlin
• Goshawk falconry
• Sheperds in the Apennines
• Wolf-Man conflict and coexistence
• Trade of endangered species in Morocco
• Bird ringing
• Wildlife research and management
• Wild coff ee collecting and preparation
• Life of desert nomads in Morocco

 

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